Overview

• SENASICA confirmed an infection in Sabinas Hidalgo, about 70 miles from Texas, in an eight‑month‑old cow transported from southern Mexico.
• The USDA labeled the finding the most significant threat so far to U.S. cattle and halted imports of Mexican bovines, buffalo and horses.
• More than 8,000 traps across Texas, Arizona and New Mexico have been checked and over 13,000 samples analyzed with no adult screwworms detected to date.
• Mexico says the larvae were in an early stage; the animal was treated, all 100 animals in the shipment were inspected and medicated, and containment protocols were applied.
• The USDA is moving on a five‑part strategy including sterile‑fly production and releases and possible new capacity in Texas, saying it will act with or without Mexico, as industry groups cite about 650,000 head withheld and roughly $1.3 billion in losses.